Decorative device



July 8, 1941. s. LEHIGH DECORATIVE DEVICE File'd Feb. 19, 1941 Patented July 8, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENTw OFFICE Y r 2,248,883

DECORATIVE DEVICE Stanley L. Lehigh, Wyoming, Pa.

Application February 19, 1941, Serial No. 379,656

1 Claim.

This invention relates to ornaments or decorations for different holiday events, and has for an object the provision of an illuminated instrumentality which may be associated with lighting effects including those appropriate for the particular celebration as, for instance, they can be made and decorated appropriately for the Christmas holidays, for the Easter holidays and other occasions such as Liberty Day or the Fourthof-July; in fact, the device will prove of utility in a wide range of decorative uses.

A further object of this invention is to provide a figure or model simulating an airplane, the body of which is preferably hollow and the side walls of which are provided with light openings through which light from internally arranged lighting instrumentalities such as electric lamps may be reflected.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide externally positioned illuminating devices such as electric lamps to be appropriately located on the wings, fuselage and other parts of the simulated airplane, and provision is made for a lighting instrumentality on the top'of the fuselage having decoration especially appropriate to the event being celebrated as, for instance, a lamp decorated with the picture of Santa Claus would occupy the prominent position on said fuselage, whereas if it is to be used for the Easter holidays the illuminating device could represent some object appropriate for that occasion, such as a rabbit or a duck and of course other lights stationed on difierent parts of the simulated airplane could be made to add greatly to the decorative result of the use of the invention. The illuminating device on the fuselagewhich might appropriately be referred to as theme-like might have the form of the Statue of liberty, Uncle Sam, and the lighting effect may be of the red, white and blue decorative features, so that by the foregoing it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that a wide range of use may be provided which will increasethe commercial worth of the invention, and the exterior, surface of the simulated airplane may be decorated in any appropriate way, as by paint or other coating.

It is furthermore an object of the invention to produce an ornamented device of the character indicated, provided with suitable electric wiring, lamp sockets, and the device is further provided with a closure at the bottom which, when opened, permits access to the interior thereof for the installation or removal of the electric lamps, and the fuselage or body of the simulated airplane may be hollow so that confections or the like may be stored therein initially which would have a further incentive from a commercial standnt I With the foregoing and-other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of par-ts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application,,wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a simulated airplane embodying the invention;

Figure -2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view thereof; and

Figure 3 illustrates a top plan view thereof.

In the drawing the body A or simulated fuselage of an airplane may be provided with suitablesurface'ornamentation as, for instance, a section or portion of the surface 5 may be of one color, while the surface 6 at the front may have a different color and the intermediate surface may be appropriately ornamented, and the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect to the decorations or manner of applying them to the surface of the body.

As shown in Figure 2, the body is preferably hollow and an electric conductor 7 leads into it through any suitable port or aperture 8. Electric sockets 9 and Ill may be located or anchored in the roof or top wall and the conductor I is connected to one of said sockets and a branch ll leads to the socket ID. The socket 9 is to coact with a lamp 12 located within the body and the socket It] is intended to coact with a lamp l3 which preferably extends upwardly from the top of the body. A lamp such as l3 mayv have suitable ornamentations, according to the occasion being celebrated and, as shown in. Figure 2, the lamp has a representation of Santa Claus and, as has been stated, for Easter or other occasions a lamp may have a display for the occasion celebrated.

The side of the body is provided with a door [4 guarding an opening through which the interior of the body may be loaded or partially loaded with confections or the like, to make them more appealing to children, and a door I5 guards an opening I 6 in the bottom of the body, through which opening a lamp such as l2 may be applied to or removed from the lamp socket, and it is obvious that provision may be made for a plurality of interior lamps if that is desired.

The side of the body has a plurality of openings such as I! through which the light from the interior may be seen. The door 15 is hinged, as at H3, at one edge and is held closed by a latch l9 which engages the edge of the door or closure opposite the hinge. A simulated propeller 20 is anchored to the nose of the body or fuselage by suitable anchoring means 2| such as a stud or nail, and at the rear end the body is bifurcated or slotted to receive a wheel or disk 22, which wheel is secured in the slot or furcation by means of a cross pin 23 extending I through the sides of the body near the rear end thereof. of the body and they may be of any appropriate shape and they are provided with lamp sockets such as 25, to which appropriate electric conductors such as 25 may be connected. A plurali-ty of lamps 25a such as shown in Fig. 3 may be used, and these in connection with the other illuminating features, the colors of which may be varied to suit particular requirements, will result in a display which will not only prove attractive but will serve to illuminate the surroundings wherein it is located. No indication of the proportions of the several elements of the device need, it is thought, be supplied in order for one skilled in the art to carry the invention into practice, for obviously some of them can be made relatively large and others relatively Simulated wings 24 extend laterally small to make them available for a Wide range of use. Brackets 21 are attached to the under surface of the body in spaced relation to each other and a rod 28 extends through the brackets and afford mounting for the wheels or disks 29 so that with the two wheels 29 and the rear wheel 22 the body will be supported in a position similar to that of an airplane when on the ground. At the rear of the body and on the upper wall thereof a transversely disposed support 30 for lamps 3| and 32 is provided and these lamps are appropriately wired so that they are supplied with electricity for illuminating the lamps.

and a simulated fin 33 stands vertically on the crosspiece between the two lamps.

I I claim:

A decorative device comprising a hollow simulated airplane having light openings, a side door for the body, electric illuminating devices at least one of which is located in the body, a bot- 

